Synodic month length 29.55 days

Length of current 371 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 18 minutes. It is 1 hour and 9 minutes shorter than next lunation 372 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 34 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 29 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 9 January 2030 Wednesday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠39.8°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠39.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠67.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon before apogee

7 days after point of perigee on 1 January 2030 at 15:33 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 13 January 2030 at 08:51 in ♉ Taurus.

Distance to Moon 397 459 km

Moon after ascending node

6 days after its ascending node on 2 January 2030 at 20:31 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 January 2030 at 22:41 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

Moon before northern standstill

7 days after previous South standstill on 2 January 2030 at 08:17 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.575°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.549° in the next northern standstill on 16 January 2030 at 08:26 in ♊ Gemini.